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• {{Format time|hour|minute|second}}
• {{Format time|hour|minute|second|TimeZone|hour_format=(format)}}

• {{{hour}}} is required, and is the hour in 24 hour format.
  • aliases: {{{hh}}} and {{{1}}} (the first positional parameter)
• {{{minute}}} is recommended; it is the minute after the hour (default 0).
  • aliases: {{{mm}}} and {{{2}}} (the second positional parameter)
• {{{second}}} is optional; seconds will only be rendered if this is not blank.
  • aliases: {{{ss}}}, {{{sec}}} and {{{3}}} (the third positional parameter)
• {{{TimeZone}}} may be a numerical value, or "Z" for UTC; see examples.
  • aliases: {{{timezone}}}, {{{tz}}} and {{{4}}} (the fourth positional parameter)
• {{{hour_format}}} can be blank, 'h', 'H', 'g' or 'G'; see §§ Hour format​ and below.

Examples:

• {{Format time|08|30}} returns "08:30"
• {{Format time|08|30|23}} returns "08:30:23"
• {{Format time|08|30|tz=Z}} returns "08:30 (UTC)"
• {{Format time|08|30|23|timezone=+01:00}} returns "08:30:23 (+01:00)"
• {{Format time|08|30|23|TimeZone=-07:00}} returns "08:30:23 (-07:00)"

The hour format parameter {{{hour_format}}} can be variously 'g', 'G', 'h', or 'H', specifying whether to use 12 hour time with AM/PM (g/h) or 24 hour time (G/H), and whether to truncate (g/G) numbers under 10 or not (h/H).

Examples:

• {{Format time|08|30|hour_format=g}} returns "8:30 am"
• {{Format time|17|15|hour_format=g}} returns "5:15 pm"

• {{Format time|08|30|hour_format=h}} returns "08:30 AM"
• {{Format time|17|15|hour_format=h}} returns "05:15 PM"

• {{Format time|08|30|hour_format=G}} returns "8:30"
• {{Format time|17|15|hour_format=G}} returns "17:15"

• {{Format time|08|30|hour_format=H}} returns "08:30"
• {{Format time|17|15|hour_format=H}} returns "17:15"

• {{Format date}} for dates, with times optional

• mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions

• {{Calendar}}
• {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
• {{Clock}}
• {{Digital clock}}
• {{Digital clock and date}}
• {{Infobox calendar date today}}

• Category:Time, date and calendar templates
• Category:Date-computing templates
• Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
• Category:ISO date templates
• Category:Calendar templates